Comparing Blessings And The Count Of Monte Cristo

To begin, in the play “Blessings,” there is a strong theme that the author develops. The theme that was the most clear was adjusting to change. At the beginning of the play, the theme is not very clear. The author has the two kids walking up the mountain to see the sunset. Towards the end of the play, the theme becomes more noticeable and clear. As Rene asks Jesse “pointedly” about having her there, he doesn’t know how to respond. When Rene moved to the mountains, she had to adjust to the change of not living in the city any longer. The author shows that Jesse is not used to talking to other people and having friends. Both Jesse and Rene have to adjust to the change of having someone to talk to and having someone who has their back.

The author introduced the theme when Rene asks Jesse how he feels about his Uncle …show more content…
While the stories were not similar plot wise, the themes could be compared. The theme of “Blessings” was adjusting to change, and the theme of “The Count of Monte Cristo” was hope. When each author developed the theme they started it off with a character who was hopeless. In the play, it was Jesse and in the other story, it was Dante. But when each character finds that sliver of hope, everything changes for them. Jesse finds a friend who he can talk to and Dante finds a hope of escaping the prision. Although the two writings are similar in some ways, they are also very different. While the play was on a cliff, the story was based in a prison. There were two completely different plot lines in each. In “The Count of Monte Cristo,” the theme is developed when he hears the sound that sounds like a prisoner trying to escape. However in “Blessings,” a new girl, Rene just moved to the countryside to live with her cousin Jesse, who isn’t very excited to be living near her at first. Ultimately, the themes are different, but they are alike and different in some